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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1892
Page
2
The Register notes a dramatic crime as train robbers lifted 50000 from an express car at Red Rock Cherokee Strip. The piece compares the bold raid to bedrock and cites ongoing reflections on wealth and misfortune across society.
Fragmentary verse laments warmth and June lost. A wren with no nest droops while vines bare, June memories fade to silence. The speaker finds solace in distant love, claiming enduring hope and possession of a beloved.
A careful detective infiltrates high society in a North of Ireland town to trap burglars posing as rich guests. He befriends the M Lysanight family, tricks them with a staged Parisian romance, and ensnares the brothers in their library heist. The plan yields arrests for the men, while the women are briefly detained and later released.
Uncle John Townsend kept many cats at his farm house and ordered one killed to make it useful. Abner killed a different cat and claimed it was the old one. Later the supposed dead cat sat by the hearth, proving the trickster memory kept the animal alive in mischief.
A historical note recalls collie dogs aiding sheep thieves in Scotland during past centuries. A famous Border thief used a dog to pick targets by signaling which sheep to steal, guiding the animal to the flock and the thief. Both man and dog were eventually hanged for the crimes. The piece adds a proverb about patience with larger men’s faults.
A discussion of postal law holds that once mailed, a letter becomes the property of the recipient. A case in which a dishonest firm planned to flee with investors’ money was thwarted when a wife’s letter to a business friend revealed motives, leading to arrests and the firm’s breakup. The piece notes intercepted letters as a longstanding dramatic motif.
In China you may observe men whose fingernails grow to three or four inches. These are scholars or mandarins, nail length distinguishing them from laborers. If you try to shake hands, they will not respond and instead clasp their hands together in a bow or Salaam.
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